Manny Sanguillen hit the first grand-slam homer of his major league career to spark the Pirates to a 9-2 victory over the Cubs. The Pirates were losing, 2-1, with two out in the eighth inning when Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell singled to chase Burt Hooton.

Dan McGinn walked Al Oliver to load the bases and after Tom Phoebus took over for the Cubs, Sanguillen smashed his grand slam. The Pirates added four more runs in the ninth to clinch the victory for Dock Ellis. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 9, Chicago Cubs 2
Game Played on Sunday, June      25, 1972 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  4  4  -   9 12  0
Cubs         1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2 11  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   1   1   1     0   1   .282      Cardenal rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .284
Hebner 3b             5   1   2   0     0   0   .296      Kessinger ss          4   1   2   0     0   0   .265
Clemente rf           5   3   2   1     0   0   .316      Williams lf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .298
Stargell lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .305      Hickman 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .288
  Davalillo pr,lf     1   1   0   1     0   0   .357      Monday cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .297
Oliver cf             4   1   2   2     1   0   .321      Santo 3b              4   0   3   0     0   0   .320
Sanguillen c          5   1   1   4     0   1   .332      Popovich 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .094
Robertson 1b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .139      Hundley c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .215
Alley ss              3   1   1   0     1   0   .271      Hooton p              3   0   1   0     0   2   .086
Ellis p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .107        McGinn p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  R. Hernandez p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Phoebus p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Aker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Martin ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .333

Totals               38   9  12   9     3   3             Totals               36   2  11   2     0   5

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 35,099
Left on Base: Pirates 6, Cubs 7
DP: Pirates 2, Cubs 0
Errors: Kessinger
Doubles: Stargell (12), Kessinger (8), Santo (7)
Triples: Williams (4)
Home Runs: Sanguillen (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Giusti (1)
GIDP: Hundley (7)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis W(7-3)            7     9   2   2   0   3   0  28   2.39
R. Hernandez            0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.64
Giusti SV(10)           1.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   4   2.70
Totals                  9    11   2   2   0   5   0  36

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton L(6-5)           7.2   8   3   3   1   2   0  31   2.59
McGinn                  0     0   1   1   1   0   0   1   3.90
Phoebus                 0.2   3   4   3   1   0   1   6   3.02
Aker                    0.2   1   1   0   0   1   0   4   1.23
Totals                  9    12   9   7   3   3   1  42

Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Bob Engel


PIRATES 1ST: Cash struck out; Hebner grounded out (first
unassisted); Clemente grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger
doubled to left; Williams grounded out (second to first)
[Kessinger to third]; Hickman singled to center [Kessinger
scored]; Monday flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 0, Cubs 1.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell flied out to center; Oliver singled to
left; Sanguillen forced Oliver (shortstop to second); Robertson
walked [Sanguillen to second]; Alley popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 2ND: Santo singled to right; Popovich struck out; Hundley
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Santo
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Ellis was called out on strikes; Cash grounded out
(third to first); Hebner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 3RD: Hooton singled to left; Cardenal flied out to left;
Kessinger singled to center [Hooton to second]; Williams
grounded out (first unassisted) [Hooton to third, Kessinger to
second]; Hickman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Clemente lined to third; Stargell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 4TH: Monday grounded out (first unassisted); Santo doubled
to right; Popovich flied out to right [Santo to third]; Hundley
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Cubs 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); Robertson
singled to left; Alley singled to right [Robertson to second];
On a bunt Ellis forced Alley (third to shortstop) [Robertson to
third]; Cash forced Ellis (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: Hooton was called out on strikes; Cardenal singled to
right; Kessinger lined to left; Williams tripled to center
[Cardenal scored]; Hickman grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 2.

PIRATES 6TH: Hebner grounded out (second to first); Clemente
singled to right; Stargell doubled [Clemente to third];
Willie Stargell's double bounced into the open door to the Cubs
clubhouse in the LF corner; the Pirates argued that Clemente
would have scored on the play and should be awarded home;
Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first) [Clemente scored,
Stargell to third]; Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 2.

CUBS 6TH: Monday grounded out (second to first); Santo singled
to left; Popovich hit into a double play to second [Santo out at
second (second to right to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 1, Cubs 2.

PIRATES 7TH: Robertson grounded out (pitcher to first); Alley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Ellis grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 2.

CUBS 7TH: Hundley grounded out (shortstop to first); Hooton
struck out; Cardenal grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 2.

PIRATES 8TH: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner
singled to right [Hebner out at second (right to shortstop)];
Clemente singled to right; Stargell singled to right [Clemente
to third, Stargell to second (on throw)]; DAVALILLO RAN FOR
STARGELL; MCGINN REPLACED HOOTON (PITCHING); Oliver walked;
PHOEBUS REPLACED MCGINN (PITCHING); Sanguillen homered [Clemente
scored, Davalillo scored, Oliver scored]; Robertson popped to
second; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cubs 2.

CUBS 8TH: DAVALILLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); R. HERNANDEZ
REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Kessinger popped to second; Williams
singled to right; Hickman forced Williams (right to shortstop);
Monday singled to first [Hickman to second]; GIUSTI REPLACED R.
HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Santo popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Pirates 5, Cubs 2.

PIRATES 9TH: Alley walked; Giusti reached on a fielder's choice
on a sacrifice bunt [Alley to second]; Cash singled to left
[Alley scored, Giusti out at third (left to third)]; Hebner
singled to right [Cash to third]; AKER REPLACED PHOEBUS
(PITCHING); Clemente reached on an error by Kessinger [Cash
scored (RBI), Hebner to third, Clemente to second]; Davalillo
grounded out (second to first) [Hebner scored (unearned),
Clemente to third]; Oliver singled to pitcher [Clemente scored
(unearned)]; Sanguillen struck out; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Pirates 9, Cubs 2.

CUBS 9TH: Popovich grounded out (pitcher to first); Hundley was
called out on strikes; MARTIN BATTED FOR AKER; Martin struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cubs 2.